The main gate is at Metropolitan Avenue and North 7th Street. The closest hotels are in Leavenworth and Lansing. Leavenworth  2 miles south of main gate Lansing  6 miles south of main gate There are also a number of hotels near the Kansas City Airport, approximately 15 miles east of Fort Leavenworth on I-29.Fort Leavenworth Group Hotel Rates  10 or more rooms.eavenworth  2 miles south of main gate Lansing  6 miles south of main gate There are also a number of hotels near the Kansas City Airport, approximately 15 miles east of Fort Leavenworth on I-29. Fort Leavenworth Group Hotel Rates  10 or more rooms.
It was built (or rather, started) on 13 August 1961.   The Berlin Wall   Construction of the Berlin Wall started on 13 August 1961. It separated East and West Berlin a â¦ nd plugged the last 'gap' in the Iron Curtain which divided Europe into two blocs.It remained in place till 9 November 1989.he Berlin Wall was built after the Allies won WWII. As part of the peace treaty, Germany was divided into East and West, with East Germany under the auspices of the USSR and â¦ West Germany being overseen by the UK and US.
August 13, 1961 and fell down in October 14 1989.   Further information:   The construction of the Berlin Wall began during the Cold War. Overnight on 13 August 1961, th â¦ e East and Western halves of Berlin were separated by barbed wire fences up to 1.83 metres high.  Travelling to West Germany became difficult after closing the  border between East and West Ge â¦ rmany in 1952. The Wall was  erected in 1961 because more than 2.6 million East  Germans escaped to West Berlin or West Germany from 1949 to  1961 total population of East Germany was about 17  million!  .